Spain
Ex-Variston zero-day experts regroup at Paradigm Shift

Russia
Russian vulnerability broker Operation Zero prospects internationally

Russian hacker Sergey Zelenyuk, head of vulnerability reseller Operation Zero, has been taking meetings in Dubai in a bid to find opportunities abroad.

Spain
Cyber intelligence company Variston changes tack

The Barcelona-based cyber intelligence firm is seeking a new path after being called out by Google's Threat Analysis Group and losing some of its core staff.

Spotlight | Spain
Zero-day vulnerability market tries to restructure

Currently in crisis, the zero-day field is attempting to reorganise, but some leading sellers are being forced to shut shop.

France, United States
Iconic American vulnerability trader Zerodium to close its doors?

The US seller of zero-day vulnerabilities has been inactive for months and may be about to shut up shop for good. Its downfall is symbolic of a market in crisis.

The Tech Times
Paris skips Danish cyber summit, UAE's Protect exposed by Google, Black River Systems integrates 5G, Preligens starts afresh

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

CopenhagenFrance gives Danish cyber summit a miss

DubaiGoogle exposes Protect Electronic Systems

Rome, New YorkBlack River Systems integrates 5G

ParisPreligens loses defence fair sponsor

Russia, Spain
Russian zero-day exploit researchers prosper in Barcelona

Catalonia is attracting a growing number of fleeing Russian cyber specialists.

Spotlight | Israel, UAE
Faced with Israeli resellers, foreign zero-day specialists flock to Abu Dhabi

The UAE is home to a growing number of unregistered vulnerability (zero-day) resellers, such as newcomers Vulns Security and Operation Zero. The Emirati authorities welcome this counterbalance to an over-reliance on Israel in this sector.

UAE
How the Wegener-Jayaraman duo extended their cyber empire to the UAE

Heading up a small conglomerate of cyber firms in Singapore, Barcelona and Cyprus, the duo Ralf Wegener and Ramanan Jayaraman have managed to implant their technologies in the UAE. Through Variston IT, they've grown close to the country's key cyber player.

Europe
Commercial cyber bosses Ralf Wegener and Ramanan Jayaraman operate Singapore-based Nanostrea

Still under the radar despite the exposure of its sister company Variston by Google's Threat Intelligence Group (TAG), Nanostrea is part of a group of cyber companies operated by the discreet business partners Ralf Wegener and Ramanan Jayaraman.

The Tech Times
German security sector eyes 2026 World Cup, Vigilant Labs recruits, Variston exposed by Google, Anton Ivanov joins Technology Innovation Institute, Jerome Pasinetti heads Rhea Cybersecurité France

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT or cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of the technical intelligence providers.

Frankfurt/WashingtonGermany's security ecosystem gets in gear for World Cup 2026.

SydneyVigilant Labs rallies L3 Trenchant's exploit hunters.

BarcelonaGerman Ralf Wegener's cyber-intelligence firm Variston in Google spotlight.

Abu DhabiAnton Ivanov appointed to head Technology Innovation Institute's space research.

ParisJérôme Pasinetti appointed to head Rhea Cybersecurité France.